- (of an alphabetic letter) of a particular form often different from and smaller than its corresponding capital letter, and occurring after the initial letter of a proper noun, of the first word in a sentence, etc. The lowercase letters a, b, q, and r have more distinctive shapes than their uppercase counterparts, A, B, Q, and R.
- pertaining to or belonging in the lower case, such as i, p, or d.
- to print or write with a lowercase letter or letters, such as u, w, or j.
- a lowercase letter, such as z, y, or k.
- See under case2 (def. 8).
- a compositor's type case, in which the small letters are kept
- of or relating to small letters
- to print with lower-case letters
